Proofs and Refutations: The Logic of Mathematical Discovery.
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Reader in the Philosophy of Mathematics at the University of Oxford from 1961–74, and has been Senior Research Fellow at All Souls' College, Oxford, UK, from 1974.
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Dummett, M. Mathematical treasure. Nature 267, 378 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1038/267378a0
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